Sinn Corvette limited edition watches
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Very tempting but will probably be grabbed by the USA guys
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I think it was le Mans 2001 or maybe 2002 where Sinn had a limited edition watch on sale in the official corvette shop to celebrate the C5-R. See the attached..... I almost bought one but decided not to as I had my eye on a particular Baume & Mercier watch, which I bought on my return. Saying that though I do like the Sinn watches & the new one in this thread is very nice indeed.
http://www.schaper.net/watches/sinn/303corvette/br...
http://www.schaper.net/watches/sinn/303corvette/br...
Whilst I quite like the Sinn range of chrono's, I think that the rear placed corvette logo is an abomination on what is otherwise a reasonable watch.
Its a fact of life that the mainstream Swiss watch houses are now puerly design houses and use ETA movements of varying cal.
The end result is that now there is hardly any difference between an expensive Omega/Tag/Baume&Mercier etc in terms of movement.
This makes the various Sinn and U-boat watches good value particularly if they still use the earlier Lemania movements.
The golden years of Swiss watch manufacture was in the 40's and 50's and possibly into the early 60's, when wwatches were certainly hand finished.
If you want a watch that keeps its value and is still a work of art, BUY VINTAGE.!
If you still want a half decent chrono, then get a Zenith El-primero from the late 90's, when the 400cal. movement was the origins of the Rolex Daytona.
UGH!, I just hate brand marking of watches, it just debases the watch.
Its a fact of life that the mainstream Swiss watch houses are now puerly design houses and use ETA movements of varying cal.
The end result is that now there is hardly any difference between an expensive Omega/Tag/Baume&Mercier etc in terms of movement.
This makes the various Sinn and U-boat watches good value particularly if they still use the earlier Lemania movements.
The golden years of Swiss watch manufacture was in the 40's and 50's and possibly into the early 60's, when wwatches were certainly hand finished.
If you want a watch that keeps its value and is still a work of art, BUY VINTAGE.!
If you still want a half decent chrono, then get a Zenith El-primero from the late 90's, when the 400cal. movement was the origins of the Rolex Daytona.
UGH!, I just hate brand marking of watches, it just debases the watch.
owenemyr said:
Whilst I quite like the Sinn range of chrono's, I think that the rear placed corvette logo is an abomination on what is otherwise a reasonable watch.
Its a fact of life that the mainstream Swiss watch houses are now puerly design houses and use ETA movements of varying cal.
The end result is that now there is hardly any difference between an expensive Omega/Tag/Baume&Mercier etc in terms of movement.
This makes the various Sinn and U-boat watches good value particularly if they still use the earlier Lemania movements.
The golden years of Swiss watch manufacture was in the 40's and 50's and possibly into the early 60's, when wwatches were certainly hand finished.
If you want a watch that keeps its value and is still a work of art, BUY VINTAGE.!
If you still want a half decent chrono, then get a Zenith El-primero from the late 90's, when the 400cal. movement was the origins of the Rolex Daytona.
UGH!, I just hate brand marking of watches, it just debases the watch.
Its a fact of life that the mainstream Swiss watch houses are now puerly design houses and use ETA movements of varying cal.
The end result is that now there is hardly any difference between an expensive Omega/Tag/Baume&Mercier etc in terms of movement.
This makes the various Sinn and U-boat watches good value particularly if they still use the earlier Lemania movements.
The golden years of Swiss watch manufacture was in the 40's and 50's and possibly into the early 60's, when wwatches were certainly hand finished.
If you want a watch that keeps its value and is still a work of art, BUY VINTAGE.!
If you still want a half decent chrono, then get a Zenith El-primero from the late 90's, when the 400cal. movement was the origins of the Rolex Daytona.
UGH!, I just hate brand marking of watches, it just debases the watch.
Why spend this sort of money on a watch that is far from being a regognised brand. For that money you could go buy a base model Rolex and get someone to make-up a custom face. Gassing Station | Corvettes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff